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Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 19 2015 4:06 am
by azbackpackr
A theme park is being planned for Williams as part of a plan to make Arizona a better tourist destination. Sigh... I just heard about this yesterday. So, I have lost my appetite and have a sick feeling in my stomach, after reading the article. The thing is, WHERE IS THE EFFING WATER GOING TO COME FROM FOR ALL THESE NEW PROJECTS?
You got it, folks. It'll be pumped right out of the same aquifer that supplies Grand Canyon's waterfalls, springs and seeps. They will just suck it dry until there is no more left.
Oh, and they will have 2,000 employees? I suppose they will build employee housing? Because right now there is nowhere to live, and if you can find a place you can't afford it on theme park wages, I'll tell you that much.
http://williamsnews.com/main.asp?Sectio ... leID=14867
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 19 2015 10:14 am
by big_load
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 19 2015 2:42 pm
by chumley
There may be more water in Williams than Anaheim, Carlsbad, Valencia, Buena Park, etc.
:STP:
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 19 2015 5:04 pm
by azbackpackr
Haha! Well, this could just be another pie-in-the-sky scheme that won't happen. It's probably too early to get one's underwear in a bunch.
For a town with no place for people to live there sure are a lot of empty houses in and around Williams. They are overpriced, so the local wage earners can't afford them, I suspect. I was riding my bicycle all around today, including out into the big cow pasture where they want to put the amusement park.
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 19 2015 9:27 pm
by big_load
I wish more people understood how much fun there is to be had in nature. That would mean less solitude, but only hypothetically, since this wish is so unlikely to come true.
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 20 2015 6:43 am
by hikeaz
This Williams park has been discussed (and even voted on by the Williams city council) for over 10 years. Cities get addicted to money and put their blinders on when they see a cash-cow like this, residents be damned.
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 22 2015 10:37 am
by JoelHazelton
Sweet! Maybe they'll build one of
these down Bill Williams Mountain. I would be so there ;)
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 22 2015 1:42 pm
by hikeaz
Joel Hazelton wrote:Sweet! Maybe they'll build one of
these down Bill Williams Mountain. I would be so there ;)
I have been down several versions of this that uses the concrete half-pipe instead of tracks - they are a hoot and
seem SCREAMIN fast when you are on them, with your butt about 2" off the ground!
https://youtu.be/yvERb0C1Pvs?t=121
Re: Planned theme park for Williams
Posted: Jul 22 2015 5:05 pm
by Hippy
Stupid. Why do they have to keep trying to ruin our home?? Damn it I came up here to get away from the city I feel like its chasing me.
Leave it as it is...or we'll boycott and if that doesn't work...we'll blow it up >:D
